Discography

Henry Grimes Discography

HISTORY IS *STILL* IN THE MAKING !

The information below has been selected from a more detailed discography compiled by researcher Michael Fitzgerald, which includes composition titles and alternate takes for many of Henry Grimes’s recordings from the ‘5Os and ‘6Os, and some scant entries on Henry’s post-2OO2 recordings, with many details lacking. The Fitzgerald discography can be seen here: jazzdiscography. Recordings since 2003 have been added to our own discography here by Margaret Davis Grimes, and details on these were forwarded to Mr. Fitzgerald regularly until it became obvious that, for whatever reasons, he was not utilizing the updates.

For each recording session shown below, releases containing only a portion of the titles recorded on that date are listed first, followed by releases on which all titles appear.

Thelonious Monk (ldr), (p), Henry Grimes (b), Roy Haynes (d). This trio is seen in the documentary “Jazz on a Summer’s Day,” presently on view at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py-5K2R92Wg, from 09:30 min’s in to 12:53, playing “Blue Monk” (renamed “Monkery’s the Blues” by Abbey Lincoln when she added lyrics); the documentary “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” is also available on DVD for purchase from Amazon.com and possibly elsewhere

Date: July 7, 1958 Location: New York City Label: Park Released as: MusicMasters CD: CIJ 60201 – The Yale University Music Library, vol. 4 – Big Band Recordings (1992)

Date: June 1, 2003 Location: WKCR-FM Studios, New York City Label: JazzNewYork Productions – More Call

Performance was all recorded, but only approximately 40 minutes were broadcast as the conclusion of the 103-hour Henry Grimes Festival on WKCR-FM. The entire performance has been issued on CD and is available through musicmargaret [@] earthlink.net or +212-841-0899.

The Henry Grimes Trio: “For Ibn Pori” featuring Henry Grimes (leader, acoustic bass), Andrew Lamb (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, small instruments), Avreeayl Ra (drum kit, percussion, bamboo flute, mbira, small instruments), and special guest Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts (spoken word), recorded by Mike Chrastil, Production Director, and broadcast over WFHB, Bloomington, Indiana. This is a limited-edition collector’s item CD available only from Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts’s family as a fund-raiser to help with his medical expenses; the musicians have waived all compensation for this recording. Tragically, Ibn Pori suffered a massive stroke in 2OO8, was in a coma for two years, and has been on the slow road to recovery, heavily impaired, ever since. Contact <Email> or <Email> for purchase information.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma (leader, electric & double bass); Nazir Ebo (drums, flute); Justin Faulkner, drums; Henry Grimes (double bass, violin); Tim Motzer (guitar, electronics); Odean Pope (saxophone); Heru Shabaka-Ra (trumpet). SPECIAL NOTE: The youngest of these musicians was 15 at the time (Nazir), and the eldest was 80 (Henry), and this alliance of the deepest dedication, devotion, and inspiration was formed and has been sustained by the great Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Be blessed! (But the recording really needed top-quality mixing and mastering, which it has not received.)

ALSO AVAILABLE: Barbara Frenz’s biography of Henry Grimes, “Music to Silence to Music,” with foreword by Sonny Rollins, published by Northway Publications in London in 2015,<inpressbooks link>, available in the U.S. from Amazon.com, <Amazon link>.